Chapter 148 (2/2)

NoTan wanted to leave the place He was frightened

Zheng Tan checked the side of the house No one was there He immediately jumped down He was stiff froround However, he was too focused on leaving to feel pain

When he reached the guards at the cross section where he had seen the man froed and they started running towards the house Zheng Tan knew Lai Er had been found However, he was surely dead by now

He was on a busy street Cars and pedestrians came and went The temperature arm

It was a sunny day but Zheng Tan felt the sky wasn't so blue anymore He couldn't feel the warh he was far away from the house

He jumped onto a flowerbed He had always felt he was quite brave, but now he doubted it

He took a few deep breaths He was trying to cals in the vicinity

The buildings stood out in this area

Uncle Wintersweets, or Chen Zhe, lived there

He should have known The roads around here were all interconnected Zheng Tan hadn't realized the building was close by before because he wasn't familiar with the area

Chen Zhe was very close by this whole ti all set up and was just waiting for Lai Er?

Lai Er was dead He died in the fire Zheng Tan knew even if the police came they wouldn't be able to find any conclusive evidence that pointed this death tobut they wouldn't have enough evidence

Zheng Tan thought about recent events and what happened today

Chen Zhe knew Lai Er very well He knew for sure that he would come today and he would be in the room alone He knew Lai Er would shut the blinds and that no one would realize he was on fire fast enough to save him

The surveillance camera they found was probably just a bluff As for the 'stuff' Lai Er wanted, Zheng Tan didn't knohat it was nor did he want to know It was best if he remained a normal cat

He looked around himself He didn't want to walk back He would run into Lai Er's people again He decided to go to Uncle Wintersweet's neighborhood and check on hio inside his house this tio back to the Eastern Quarters

Zheng Tan had it all planned out He would satisfy his curiosity and stay a safe distance away

He went into the neighborhood and stood below Uncle Wintersweet's building He was ho Tan could see a personinside

Zheng Tan ondering if Uncle Wintersweets would run away after co his plan when the door opened and Chen Zhe walked onto the balcony Zheng Tan was startled and alaroo

He controlled himself and didn't run away He wanted to pretend he was a nor suspicious Chen Zhe waved to him

”Hey, black cat”

Zheng Tan ignored him

Chen Zhe called out again Zheng Tan looked up He couldn't help but wonder if he would burst into flames as well if he went to Chen Zhe

However, this Chen Zhe was the kind Uncle Wintersweets Zheng Tan didn't feel the chill he felt when he saw the masked man on the laptop screen